My thoughts today are about acceptance. How do we learn to accept what confuses and frustrates us? How do we accept being misunderstood by the very people we long to connect with? How do we accept that kindness won’t always win love, or that aging softens our bodies as much as time humbles our hearts? How do we accept the speeding rhythm of time, how days slip by faster and still never feel like enough? How do we accept that language itself, our most human gift, will always fall short of what we truly mean to say? Maybe acceptance begins with this: recognizing the limits within ourselves and others, and finding grace there. #contemporaryart #oilpainting #naturepainting #dallasarts

Lately I’ve been thinking about regret, the things I’ve done, the choices I’ve made, and the moments I wish I could change. An old friend once told me that regret is inevitable because life is short and we only get one chance to live it. But I wonder, aren’t the things we often regret the very experiences that shape who we are today? The mistakes, the heartbreaks, the failures, they all teach us something. Maybe regret is just a way of holding on to the past, to a version of us that no longer exists. The real challenge is learning to make peace with all of it, to accept that we’re imperfect, still learning, still trying to do our best as life unfolds. “Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never. regret anything That makes you smile.” Mark Twain #contemporaryart #oilpainting #naturepainting #organicpainting #dallasart

Lately I have been returning to the idea of memento mori. Flowers have long served as symbols of this truth, reminding us that every moment is temporary and that nothing lasts in the form we know it. Sitting with this truth invites deeper questions. If everything is temporary, how do we truly inhabit the moments we are given. How do we loosen our grip on fear long enough to let wonder in. How do we allow ourselves to feel fully, to love fully, to speak gratitude without restraint. How do we meet each moment with an open heart rather than with hesitation. Rilke once said, let everything happen to your beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. It is a reminder that our humanity becomes most vivid when we let ourselves live inside the present, without turning away #contemporaryart #oilpainting #naturepainting #organicpainting #dallasart

Carl Jung believed the collective unconscious holds universal symbols, and the circle is one of its clearest signs of inner balance and wholeness. Circles continue to appear in my work, echoing this instinct toward unity. As Jung wrote, “The word mandala means a circle, particularly a magic circle. It is a symbol of a holy place, a temenos, created to protect the center and to hold the energies of the psyche.” #contemporaryart #oilpainting #naturepainting #organicpainting #dallasart

Lately I’ve been wandering through the ideas of love, and what it means to love someone. Can we love someone with an Agape kind of love, that quiet, selfless current that asks nothing in return? To love a person simply because they are. I wonder if painting is a small manifestation of that same love, a devotion to color and form with no guarantee of being seen or understood, only the act of offering something of ourselves to the world. “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” — Vincent van Gogh #dallasartist #contemporaryart #oilpainting #naturepainting #painting

Lately, I’ve been hearing from friends who feel worn by the weight of living. Their struggled echoes my own challenges. It reminds me how intricate we are, woven from hope and heartbreak, light and shadow. How do we make sense of it all? The turning of days, the ache of change, the ache of heartache, yet still being grateful for what is. To be human is to be suspended between beauty and fear, always becoming, always dissolving. I keep thinking of blue, how it holds everything: the soft horizon, the depth of sorrow, the quiet grace of endurance. Blue reminds me we can feel deeply and still rise. ”The heaviest of burdens is simultaneously an image of life’s most intense fulfillments. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and Truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into new heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight of Lightness?” Milan Kundera #contemporaryart #oilpainting #Dallasart #Dallasartist #naturepainting

It is no surprise that I will be continuing to work on a series of blue paintings which will be titled: What Silence Feels Like. This deep blue phase is an attempt to capture the weight and texture of quiet. Each canvas invites you to linger in the hush between thoughts and emotions where blue unfolds as both void and vibration. One discovers the light in darkness, that is what darkness is for; but everything in our lives depends on how we bear the light. It is necessary, while in darkness, to know that there is a light somewhere, to know that in oneself, waiting to be found, there is a light. James Baldwin #BluePhase #AbstractArt #oilpainting #dallasart

The title of this painting is The universe Within. Every time we meet someone, we step into a universe. Each of us is made of memories and dreams, joys and fractures, the quiet turning points that shape our being. Some cracks let the light spill through, others we learn to carry. This painting speaks to the universes within us all, and the grace of meeting one another with wonder and compassion. #Dallas painting #DallasArt #oilpainting #ContemporaryArt #DallasArtsDistrict

Last weekend to experience The Secret Garden exhibition. Exhibition closes January 11th. Winter is slowly descending upon this magical garden, and soon the vibrant life within will grow still and rest beneath the season’s quiet. See it now before it fades from view. Location: The Atelier Gallery, Lobby of The Atelier Address: 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 Just 1½ blocks from the DMA Hours: Open daily, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM #DallasArt #ArtExhibition #Painting #ContemporaryArt #dallasartsdistrict

As the year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the joys and sorrows, the friendships and farewells, the moments of creativity and gratitude. This year brought two solo exhibitions and my first artist talk, milestones that deepened my appreciation for the creative journey. May the year ahead bring fresh inspiration, steady discipline, and a renewed hope for peace and kindness in the world. Wishing everyone a meaningful and creative New Year.#contemporaryart #naturepainting #oilpainting #dallasartist #dallasart

Rilke’s words in Letters to a Young Poet have been a guiding light for me, so I am reposting this quote because I revisit it at different stages of my life: "Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." This idea, that life’s mysteries are not meant to be solved immediately but lived through, continues to shape my perspective and my art. This piece, For Rilke, is dedicated to that wisdom. #contemporaryart #painting #organicpainting #dallasart #dallasartist

SOLD! I’m excited to share that one of the paintings from The Secret Garden exhibition, currently on view at The Atelier Gallery, has sold. What makes this moment especially meaningful is that the piece, titled The Secret Garden was the final painting in the series. Adding to the synchronicity, the collector works with Arts & Letters Live, a program that celebrates literature, and this entire series was inspired by the classic children’s book The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett. As Carl Jung said: “Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.” This moment feels like one of those rare alignments. Grateful for this connection and support! The Secret Garden On View Until: January 11, 2026 Location: The Atelier Gallery, Lobby of The Atelier Address: 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 Just 1½ blocks from the DMA Hours: Open daily, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM #Dallas painting #DallasArt #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt #DallasArtsDistrict

When I began creating The Secret Garden, I imagined a space where color and introspection could bloom together. If you missed the opening reception, there’s still time to step into that world. On View Until: January 11, 2026 Location: The Atelier Gallery, Lobby of The Atelier Address: 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 Just 1½ blocks from the DMA Hours: Open daily, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM If you visit, I’d love to hear what resonates with you. #DallasArt #ArtExhibition #painting #ContemporaryArt #DallasArtsDistric

Step into a world where winter yields to unexpected blossoms. My latest series, The Secret Garden, invites you to wander through a sanctuary of color and renewal—a reflection of the quiet spaces within us that long to be revived. Inspired by the timeless tale of rediscovering a forgotten garden, these paintings echo the journey of tending to our own inner landscapes. As Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” Let this December be a season of awakening. Photo: Bry Brad Flowers On View: December 8 – January 11 Reception: Thursday, December 11 | 6–8 PM The Gallery is on the floor level of the luxury apartment building The Atelier | Arts District – Downtown Dallas 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 I hope you’ll join me in celebration. Parking: 1821 N Pearl Street Update on Parking: Go to Kiosk and use code TAG11 For complimentary parking during the reception

On View: December 8 – January 11 Reception: Thursday, December 11 | 6–8 PM The Gallery is on the floor level of the luxury apartment building The Atelier | Arts District – Downtown Dallas 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 I hope you’ll join me in celebration. Parking: 1821 N Pearl Street Free parking is available; kindly register your license plate at the opening

Do you ever wonder where dreams come from? I imagine them as thoughts from countless souls who lived before us, drifting through an unseen field of energy, weaving themselves into our unconscious at night. They slip quietly into our minds, mingling with memory, shaping the stories we tell ourselves in sleep. And what of the images we return to repeatedly in our creative work, the forms that haunt us, the colors that insist on being seen? Perhaps they are fragments of those dreams, resurfacing like tides, guiding us toward something we cannot yet name. “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Edgar Allan Poe #contemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #naturepainting #dallasart

, Step into my Secret Garden brought to life one brushstroke at a time now in full bloom. Join me in celebrating a year of a year woven with wonder, sorrow, and the quiet beauty of beginnings and endings "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage." Rainer Maria Rilke On View: December 8 – January 11 Reception: Thursday, December 11 | 6–8 PM Atelier Gallery | Arts District – Downtown Dallas 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 I hope these works speak to you. I hope you’ll join me in celebration. Parking: 1821 N Pearl Street Free parking is available; kindly register your license plate at the opening #contemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #dallasexhibition #organicpainting

Obsession has its own palette. Lately, the color blue has claimed me, saturating thought and canvas alike. In an attempt to break the cycle, I turned to brightness, yellow and alizarin crimson pouring them into a painting titled What the Heat Knows. Yet even in this expressive blaze, the pull of blue persists. As Goethe once wrote: “Colors are the deeds and sufferings of light.” #contemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #dallaspainter #organicpainting

Stop for a moment and consider the impossible geometry of intersection, the billion, tiny, perfect coincidences that aligned our timelines to meet. Each crossroad, whether a lifelong anchor of friendship or a brief, beautiful, shared space, feels like a miniature miracle. To every soul whose destiny has brushed mine: Thank You. I celebrate this wonderful, improbable mystery of connection with you all. Come and celebrate with me all the work that I have been working on this year! “Synchronicity is an ever-present reality for those who have eyes to see.” Carl JungOn View: December 8 – January 11 Reception: Thursday, December 11 | 6–8 PM Atelier Gallery | Arts District – Downtown Dallas 1801 N. Pearl Street, Dallas, TX 75201 #painting #oilpainting #naturepainting #organicpainting

Time is elusive, yet every brushstroke captures its essence. Painting isn’t just creating, it’s measuring time in color, texture, and silence. Each layer becomes a record of moments lived, felt, and transformed. "The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers." James Baldwin #contemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #naturepainting #organicpainting #dallasart #FloralPainting #TheSecretGardenSeries #ArtWithMeaning #botanicalart